On 06/17/2016 11:58 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> On 06/17/2016 09:41 AM, Mark wrote:
>> I've seen this "README.md file a lot lately in open source software
>> bundles.  What does the ".md" extension do for the build?  Is it part of
>> the config/make process?
> ".md" indicates that the document is in "MarkDown" format.  MarkDown is
> a markup format for making a pretty webpage, while still having the
> source (the .md file) be clearly human readable and diff-able.  MD is
> the same kind of thing as the Asciidoc that we use for the bulk of our
> documentation, though different in detail.
>
> If you look at the bottom of the LinuxCNC project page on github you'll
> see how our README.md file renders: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc
>
>
> Our linuxcnc.org website is all markdown:
>
> Markdown source here: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/wlo
>
> Result here: http://linuxcnc.org/
>
>
Ah, so that's what it is. Buddy of mine and I were talking about some 
open source software he'd downloaded recently and had seen the README 
file with the .md extension.  I hadn't seen it before so I wasn't sure 
what it was about.  Thanks for the explanation!

Mark

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